sabrina richter
ARCHITECTURE UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO
sabrina richter
ARCHITECTURE UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS PROLOGUE
EPICS
CLIFF DWELLER’S HOTEL CONVELESCE DANCE THERAPY CENTER APOTHEOSIS TIME AS EROSION
FABLES
THE ADAPTED ALIEN A NEW SYMBOL INSTALLATION CAFE
MYTHS 3D ARTWORK 2D ARTWORK FENTRESS CHALLENGE: WORKPLACE OF THE FUTURE
CLOSING
PROLOGUE
I am most interested in the moment before a teapot starts to boil, when it goes silent for a split second, but you know that the insistent scream is imminent. My favorite part of flying is defined in that tension right before a plane touches tarmac, when I get completely caught up in the small envelope of air between metal and earth. How could this mass that has been thousands of feet in the air slow down so fast? Surely the weight of the plane will crush those wheels that unfold‌ I have always loved stories, but the stories I love most are the ones that keep you on the edge of your seat. Even from a young age, I realized that pauses are always placed perfectly and that skilled storytellers know exactly the amount of detail needed to describe a face or the unique way in which someone walks. They know the importance of setting-the coarse wooden table that defines a country kitchen. Great authors often provide glimpses of the end from the first page of a novel or the first whispered words around a camp fire. Each scene becomes an unforgettable layer stenciled within the mind. This is how I design, and how I will continue to design. I want to define the people in each unique place- their habits, their deepest struggles and their highest ambitions. The epics of Hercules were never of great interest to me because he never truly struggled; it was inevitable that he would win every fight and slay every beast. The struggle and the fear within each of us make us human. It is when you embrace this and rise out of that submersion of dark water that you become stronger than Hercules himself.
EPICS
CLIFF DWELLERS’ HOTEL PROFESSOR WOODS FALL 2010 > INSPIRED BY THE ANASAZI CLIFF DWELLERS IN COLORADO
THEY CARVED
THEIR HOMES FROM THE CLIFF SIDE, THE SUN WARMED THEM AND THE OVERHANG PROTECTED THEM. THEIR LADDERS LIFTED IN CASE OF INVASION AND SERVED AS THE CONNECTION TO THE STACKED DWELLINGS. THE BEAUTY AND RAWNESS OF THE NATURE SURROUNDING BECAME THEM. A WOMAN SHAPES HER CLAY POT WITH HER OWN HANDS, TAKING ON THE ROLE OF THE POWERFUL CREATOR.
CONVELESCE DANCE THERAPY CENTER PROFESSOR DUDZIK FALL 2011 > PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
SOUTH ELEVATION
NORTH SECTION 1’=1/16” SCALE
FINAL MODEL
APOTHEOSIS:
MULTI-MODAL TRANSIT CENTER PROFESSOR WOODS AND PROFESSOR WACTA SPRING 2011 IN COLLABORATION WITH:
FRANCHESCA BARBA ALVARO GUITIEREZ > PARIS, FRANCE
< REVIT MODEL BY FRANCHESCA BARBA
TIME AS EROSION:
AN INTERPRETIVE CENTER FOR SOUTHERN HUMANITIES PROFESSOR SINGEISEN WINTER 2012 > HUTCHINSON ISLAND, GEORGIA
MODEL EXPLORATION
MIDTERM SECTIONS
CONCEPTUAL SKETCH
FINAL SECTIONS
FINAL ELEVATION 1’=1/16” SCALE
FABLES
THE ADAPTED ALIEN: ROBOT WORKSHOP PROFESSOR EL NAHAS SPRING 2012 > BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
TECHNOLOGY V. TRADITION
FINAL FLOOR PLANS
1’=1/16” SCALE
FINAL ELEVATIONS 1’=1/16” SCALE
THEIR PACE QUICKENS,
THE GROUP OF SCHOOL CHILDREN HURRY TO THE ROBOT WORKSHOP FOR THEIR FAVORITE AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITY. ONE OF THEM ROUNDS THE CORNER, LEADING THE WAY TO THE ENTRANCE. THEY LOOK UP AT THE HUGE CENTRAL ATRIUM AND CLIMB DOWN THE STEPS TO THE SUNKEN PLAYSPACE AT THE BASE OF IT. THE CLASSROOMS AND STUDIOS SPIRAL OFF FROM THE CORE, AND THE STEEL MESH ACTS AS AN ABSTRACTION OF TIME AND OUR PLACE WITHIN IT.
INTERIOR RENDERING >
PENCIL DRAWING WITH COMPUTER EDITING
EXTERIOR RENDERING ACRYLIC AND INK ETCHING WITH COMPUTER EDITING
A NEW SYMBOL:
SAVANNAH’S CULTURAL CENTER PROFESSOR PACHECO FALL 2012 > SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Architecture is about people. People are the ones that inhabit the space.. they fill it with noise and l a u g h t e r. T h e s p a c e i s t h e r e t o s e r v e t h e m a n d h o l d their memories, even capturing times when those memories might overflow..
MEDIA CAFE
INSTALLATION CENTER PROFESSOR DEITZ WINTER 2013 > SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
<SITE SECTIONS PROCESS BOARD>
< TRANSVERSE BUILDING SECTION
< LONGITUDINAL BUILDING SECTION
MYTHS
3D ARTWORK
> This gallery show was a collaboration between Dubem Aniebonam and I over Winter Break 2012. There were two collections in the show, “Ties That Bind” and “The Heart of the City.” This was a great learning experience and a meaningful project for both of us.
2D ARTWORK
THE HEART OF THE CITY Lines_ they create and build, the crane swings slow with its heavy load Lines____ become the city street, with its lampposts punctuating the path. Turn the corner and fold over; the lines are now the outlines of the cityscape. Lines, the highways and _______ byways \ The country road, the road from the city. But even the trees remind us, The heart of the city calls us back.
v. FENTRESS CHALLENGE:
THE WORKPLACE OF THE FUTURE IN COLLABORATION WITH: CARL KOHUT SUMMER 2012
Meredith, New Hampshire
Washington, D.C.
Savannah, Georgia
Studying architecture has changed the way I think. I process information differently, and I now seek many different types of information to process. I listen differently, and I write differently. I find myself frequently moving and rearranging the objects around me. Through the countless hours that I have spent to become a better designer, I have come to better realize my unique process. I am so excited to keep learning and teaching. Telling the stories of each unique group of people is what drives me, and I will continue to make richness, purpose, and dignity integral parts to all of my architectural endeavors.
I have always been a hands-on and experience-driven person, and my studies here at SCAD have been a true learning and growing experience. I want to thank my parents for encouraging me to follow my dreams and for supporting me in everything that I do. I want to thank my professors for inspiring me and for putting in all of those extra hours to meet with me and listen to my ideas. Finally, I want to thank my peers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I have truly enjoyed learning from them while we are all growing and sharing together.
CLOSING
SABRINA RICHTER\ sricht20@student.scad.edu 240.676.5021